Sectional sash-weight



No. 608,ll4. Patented July 26, |89:B.

M. R. FARRAR. I SECTIONAL SASH WEIGHT.

(Application filed Jan. 29, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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SECTIONAL SASH=WEIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,114, dated July 26, 1898. Application filed January 29, 1898- Serial'll'o. 668,408. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MONT ROYAL FARRAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greensborough, in the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sectional Sash- WVeights, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sectional sash-weights, and has for its object to provide a sash-weight of this character in which the sections are constructed with novel means for connecting two or more sections together to form a weight of the requisite capacity; and it also has for its object the provision of novel sections having duplicate hooks formed at each end, whereby two or more sections may be connected together without regard to which end of one section is presented to the other for connection, or, in other words, to provide sections either end of which is adapted for connection with either end of another and which when connected together and disposed in the saslrwcight guide cannot become separated in operation.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction and combination l1erein-' after described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the sections composing the sectional sash-weight. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the mannor of connecting two sections together, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of two sections in operative connection to form a sectional sashweight.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 indicates one of the sections adapted when connected with another section to form a sectional sasl1-weigl1t. The size of the section 1 may be varied according to the needs of the dealer orbuilder, and they are preferably constructed of cast-iron, but may be made of other suitable metal or heavy material.

The chief value of a sectional sash-weight resides in the fact that the section may be made of a common or standard size, and a dealer or builder need only supply himself with or keep in stock a sufficient quantity of the sections from which sash-weights of the necessary weight or capacity may be made up, avoiding the necessity of keeping a stock of sash-weights of all the various sizes which may be called for.

At its opposite ends each section 1 is provided with longitudinal extensions 2 and 3, located at opposite sides of a diameter of the section. These extensions permit of the join ts or connections between the different sections composing the sash-weight being closed.together or having a close fit, and in practice I find that this formation enables the sections to be easily withdrawn from the sand molds. Projecting from the extensions and in opposite directions are duplicate hooks 4 and 5, the necks of which are of a greater diameter than the spaces between the points of the hooks and the breasts of the sections hereinafter referred to, and said hooks are reduced in thickness at their points 6 and 7, the reduction being gradual from the neck of the hooks to the points. In the example shown in the drawings this reduction in the thickness of the points is accomplished by flattening, thus increasing the width of the points and imparting a spear-head formation thereto. This enlarged spear-head prevents the possibility of the sections being separated from each other by any lateral movement, and they add to the weight of the completed sashweight, and said heads or ends of points of the hooks are curved toward the body of the section and terminate in such nearness thereto that the neck of the hook of an adjoining section may not be passed out laterally through the opening 8, the diameter of the neck of the hook being greater than said open mg. 7

In order to connect two sections together, it is essential to place one at nearly right angles to the other, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, with the flattened points of the hooks together, and then by a twisting movement pass the reduced or flattened point,'as 6, of one hook into the throat 9 of the other. The two sections will now assume the position shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings and constitute a sectional sash-weight. Any desired number of sections may thus be connected together.

By providing the sections with duplicate hooks at their opposite ends and pointing in oppositedirections, according to my inveir tion, the operator when desiring to connect two or more of such sections together is not required to present a particular end of one section to a particular end of the other, but may present to the hook at the end of one section the hook at either end of another section. This results in the saving of time in making up the sectional sash-weights, as the operator can take from a stock of the sections two or more sections and readily connect them together without regard to the particular end of any section being presented to a particular end of another, and the sectional sash-weight maybe preparedveryquicklyand withoutloss of time. The formation of the hooks extending from opposite sides of the diameter of the sections of the weight also serves to balance or symmetrize the weight, as if the hooks were all formed 011 the same side of the sections the balance of weight would preponderate on that side, whereas by forming the hooks on opposite sides the weight is balanced or made symmetrical.

When the weight is formed of two or more sections, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and the weight disposed in the usual sashweight guide of a window-sash, it will be seen that it will be impossible for the weights to become disconnected, because the opening 8 between the point of the hooks and the breast portion 10 of each section is too limited to permit the neck of the hook to pass out therethrough in a lateral direction and the dimensions of the sash-weight guide. or box are too limited to permit the sections to assume a position at substantially right angles with each other, which is the only position in which they may be separated, the enlarged spear-heads preventing the separation of the different sections in any other position. This prevents absolutely the danger of the sections becoming separated should the window to which the sectional weight is operatively connected be violently raised and the weight thrown against the bottom of the sash-weight guide.

By my invention, as shown, I provide a sectional sash-weight the several sections composing which are economical of manufacture and of novel and simple construction, which may be quickly joined together, as before set forth, and which are not liable to separation while in operation in the sash-weight guide.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The herein-described sash-weight section provided at its opposite ends with duplicate hooks, the ends of which are reduced in thickness, and extend toward the body of the section leaving an opening too limited for the lateral passage of a hook of a connected section. a

2. Theherein-described sash-weight section provided at its opposite ends with duplicate hooks projecting in diametrically opposite directions, the ends of which are reduced in thickness and extend toward the body of the section leaving an opening too limited for the lateral passage of a hook of a connected sec tion.

3. A sectional sash-weight composed of two or more connected sections each of which is provided at its opposite ends with diametrically opposite projecting duplicate hooks, whereby said sections are interchangeable with respect to their connecting ends, substantially as described.

4. A sectional sash-weight composed of two or more connected sections each of which is provided with diametrically opposite projecting duplicate hooks at its ends, the ends of said hooks being reduced in thickness and extending toward the body of the section leaving an opening too limited for the lateral passage of a hook of a connected section,whereby said sections are interchangeable with respect to their connecting ends and are inseparable except when disposed at substantially a right angle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two'subscribing witnesses.

MONT ROYAL FARRAR.

Witnesses:

W. G. FRASIER, J. W. PARKER. 

